the word is: gibe [jahyb]
Sentence: The gibe he was speaking made his friend feel bad.
Definition(s): to utter taunting words.
an expression of scorn.
"Sadlier-Oxford, Vocabulary Worsksheet: New Edition by Jerome Shostak.
to utter mocking or scoffing; jeer.
to taunt; deride.
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
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Synonyms: disrespect
comeback
derision
Antonyms: commendation
praise
 admire
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One time at a wrestling meet there was a kid gibing about our team. The kid that was on the other wrestling team that we were facing that night. Later on I found out that he was the kid that I would be wrestling. As soon as the match started I made sure he would think twice next time he wanted to gibe about our team again.

In the movie "300" everyone gibe's towards the king Leonidas just because he only brought 300 soldiers to fight an army. Encounter after encounter gibe is thrown Leonidas's way and he disregards it all and rises above everyone who he faces. Until the gibe finally catches up to him in the end when he and his small army is surrounded by the Persians.



Black gibe throws Joan Rivers into a rage on the airwaves

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article580296.ece


The word is used to show one person disrespecting another person.